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GABRIEL LONA
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 24, 1946 – November 8, 1967
Service recordGabriel Lona, of Los Angeles, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 8, 1967, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 29E, Line 51 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29E · Line 51
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Seaman (61A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1099 TRANS CO 4 TRANS CMD
- Born
- November 24, 1946
- Home of record
- Los Angeles, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 8, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
46 names on the Wall carry the date November 8, 1967; two of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 29E, Line 51
- JOHN MICHAEL KAPELUCKSpecialist Four · November 8, 1967
- DONALD MAURICE KRETSINGERCorporal · November 8, 1967
- JOSEPH GEORGE KUSICKSergeant · November 8, 1967
- EARL DAWSON LAWRENCEPrivate First Class · November 8, 1967
From Los Angeles
- JAMES WILLIAM MCNALLYTechnical Sergeant · October 23, 1963
- FRANK JOHN HOLGUINPrivate First Class · March 15, 1964
- RICHARD DEAN GOSSCaptain · August 29, 1964
- JOHN LOWERY MCCOYSergeant First Class · September 26, 1964
- JAMES HENRY MCLEANMaster Sergeant · February 9, 1965
- DWIGHT GLENN FRAKESChief Petty Officer · February 24, 1965
- AARON HAROLD WESTERNPrivate First Class · June 16, 1965
- EDWARD JAMES ANDERSPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
- MAURICE RICHARD HILLPrivate · June 29, 1965
- WILLIAM WARREN HAILLieutenant Colonel · August 2, 1965
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.